Today Emilie had to pass the whole day in the
guesthouse for recording data and preparing protocols, whist I needed to make
last provides and changing foreign currency in Cedi before starting to live in
fish-farm. I was quite unconfident and frightened about that, because being
woman and Owbrowny in this Country could be a disadvantage with less honest
people.

After all explanations, advices and maps given
by Emilie I did my first trip alone to the Accra Mall. I couldn’t imagine that
the journey could be so much relaxing and interesting! After leaving the Kpong,
the tro-tro slowed down because a large group of wild baboons was crossing the
road: for a European is very outstanding seeing wild tropical animals like
those outside captivity conditions and interacting with human life peacefully.

Once arrived to Accra Mall I had the time to
make some shopping, change currency, fix my mobile and have a very relaxing
African lunch eaten with hands.

On the way of return to Akrade guesthouse in
Pricon Lane, I had the chance also to see from tro-tro a crow going to a
funeral: all men and women that knew the defunct person use to dress all in red
and black, and also the place is decorated with drapes of the same colors.

Guesthouse in Akrade(credits: Nicole Pelusio).

After this journey I got more confident in how
moving in the crow, getting public transports and behave with local people for
enjoying much more this Country thanks to Emilie tour-operator!

We woke up in the very early morning for
getting a tro-tro to Ashaiman where Emilie had to spend the day to training the
Ghanaian researchers and collect some data. We didn’t expected that the trip
would take few hours to reach Ashaiman!

After Kpong village, one wheel flatted,
thus the driver and his mate (the young guy who collects money from tro-tro
passengers) tried to solve the damage. As they realized that fixing the wheel
would take more time than one hour, they helped us to get another tro-tro for
getting to our destination. We were so lucky that the second tro-tro was about
to break down its motor, but not before our roundabout Ashaiman bus-stop!

Collecting and recording data(credits: Nicole Pelusio).

Finally we arrived to maggot farm in the late where
Emilie followed within the staff the researchers whilst I join them before
setting-up an inventory of the green houses.

Whilst Emilie was renewing the adults stocks
with pupae, I had the luck to see a Black Soldier Fly coming out from the pupae
shell and to record it with my camera (video credits: Nicole Pelusio).

After passing a tiring but pleasant day in
maggot farm we came back to guesthouse in Akrade, where Emilie cooked a dish of
spaghetti with tomatoes sauce: very good one for being cooked from a
non-Italian person! ;)